AnonymousSource: Santa Barbara Police Department
On April 1, 2020, at approximately 9:30 P.M. a female jogger running eastbound in the 3800 Block of Calle Real in the City, was assaulted and robbed by a male concealing his identity. The woman successfully fought off the assailant. However, he made off with several personal items.
Officers and Detectives are currently following leads and attempting to obtain video in the area. The investigation remains ongoing.
The Santa Barbara Police Department’s enforcement posture for emergencies and violent crime remains at full force-strength. Our Patrol Division is fully staffed and engaged in high-visibility community policing – responding quickly to emergencies. Several specialized teams are operating continuously to abate serious crime.
We ask for the public’s help to remain vigilant during the Governor’s “Safer-At-Home” Order.
Bear spray is illegal for use on humans because of the high level of chemicals compared to regular pepper spray. Maybe you won’t care during but you might care afterwards if the cops make an issue out of it. Probably none of us have had to use pepper spray but does anyone know of a case where a perp was able to ignore a blast of spray in their face? Maybe someone on PCP?
Don’t really consider Yeti’s comment as “victim blaming”. How about good street smarts? It sucks females always need to be have situational awareness when jogging alone and especially at night but that’s simply the world we live in.
I’ll say it….99 percent chance it was a homeless transient.
Jogging after 9pm, at night is just not smart by any measure. It is so sad that this happened and we all hope that she is alright and they catch this guy, BUT.. 9:30pm ?!
Yeti – Blaming the victim is not a great look.
Safety Tip- Don’t jog where vagrants (opportunists/criminals) camp out. There are known vargrant campgrounds throughout the City- Stay away.
Yeti – You run when you can. I hope this is a one off incident. Hope the victim is okay?
COAST – where in the article did it say the suspect was a “vagrant?”
I agree with CoastWatch, and that’s about what I was gonna say. I’m NOT accusing anybody of anything, BUT, I was gonna point out the location, is known to have homeless folks hanging out. Plus, that stretch of Calle Real has a lot of places for bad people to hang out. She shouldn’t be out jogging by herself…. lesson learned, and luckily she survived. Hope they will catch the low-life-waste of oxygen-sub-human common thief.
There are a lot of vagrants who live around that area. We live in a first world country in one of the most expensive cities. You would think we should be safe to walk around at night without being attacked by vagrants or thugs.
Run when you can and want to . But bring a friend, dog or pepper spray. I am so glad she fought him off. I hope she keeps on running. The homeless have it hard enough without assuming negative things so quickly.